Brad Robbins, new kick-off specialist

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(04-11-2024, 05:54 PM)Nepa Wrote: Well, hang time means zero given the new rules. The defense cannot move until the ball hits a player or the ground. 

Hang time might actually be worse for kickoffs in the new rules. If you loft it up high, you're giving the blockers time where nobody can move to figure out which direction the ball is heading and mentally prepare to set up the needed blocks for where the ball is going to land once it's touched. If you have the least hangtime needed to get the ball directly to the zone, you're able to give the blockers very little time to do anything other than to instinctively react.